I am featured in the January 2014 issue of The Crafts Report magazine in the article “Trends: Glimpses of 2014” with my insight on the Pantone Fashion Forecast colors. For those keeping count, that brings my grand total of times being featured in The Crafts Report magazine to 3 issues in just 4 months! Pretty cool!

Check out my feature in the December 2013 issue of The Crafts Report magazine in the article “Alphabet Soup: The top 26 reasons why 2013 is a year to remember – from Acquisitions to Zibbet”. What a year it was! I was recognized for the letter “F” which represents the “Facebook Cover Competition”.

It was quite a journey to become one of two finalists in the nation in the running to #WIN a #PLACE in the cover of a national magazine to #SHOWcase my art. I came in first runner up and am featured in the October issue of The Crafts Report magazine.

“For fabric artist Pamela Mattei, art can look more like science. Her workroom is filled with measuring cups, labeled color bottles and a scratch book in which she’s written down the thousand of colors she’s created in the past.”

“With the rise of the internet and social media, artists can be hooked up with more contests that allows the public to vote on their work in various competitions. Democracy at work in the arts. Maybe.”

“Pamela Mattei, a Kentucky Crafted fabric artist and a Louisville small business owner, is one of two finalists in a competition to have her artwork featured on the cover of a national magazine called The Crafts Report.”

“It’s five minutes until the curtain rises for 42nd Street and Pam Mattei hasn’t taken a seat yet. She’s stuck in traffic: backstage traffic that is. The junior fine arts major is busy helping fix last-minute costume and prop problems before the cast makes its way on stage.”